like one long commercial

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2006)

This was one of Michael Bay's weaker efforts. I won't go into details about the plot but suffice it to say that it was very formulaic. The premise of The Island is a rehashing of several staples of the sci-fi genre. Yet, it could still have been an intriguing and thought provoking film but it was "dumbed down" by Mr. Bay into a pure action movie. By the way, there were so many blatant product placements that it felt like one long commercial. I would even dare to venture that some commercials have more substance than The Island.
Even his style is getting tiresome. How many times can he have a rotating, sweeping panoramic shot of the lead actors before we all get bored of it. Personally, I got a little dizzy at one point from all the up-close camera movement.
I'm glad I waited for this to come out on DVD instead of catching it in the theaters. To date, I still consider The Rock as Mr. Bay's best movie. Go catch that again instead of watching this.